Whooping cough and Norovirus cases continue rising every year post-pandemic, and some local doctors have a few guesses as to ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects your lungs and airways. Pertussis spreads through airborne droplets that are released when an infected person ...

Whooping cough, clinically known as pertussis after the bacteria that causes it (Bordetella pertussis bacterium), is a disease of the lungs and breathing tubes. It is also referred to as the 100 ...

Attempting to inhale air into the lungs between coughs can produce a distinctive, high-pitched whooping sound. Many people do not have a fever after the initial stage. The cough that accompanies ...

Because newborns do not have a fully developed immune system, people spending time around them including parents, siblings, ...

If a person has pertussis, or whooping cough, they may cough violently and rapidly until all the air has left their lungs and they are forced to inhale – causing a “whooping” sound ...